Hydration of the DNA bases is local

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Schneider, B
Berman, HM
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[1] ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBL,J HEYROVSKY INST PHYS CHEM,CR-18223 PRAGUE,CZECH REPUBLIC
[2] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08903
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10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80136-0
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Q6 [生物物理学];
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071011 ;
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Ordered hydration sites were determined for the nucleotide bases in B-type conformations using the crystal structure data on 14 B-DNA decamer structures, A method of density representation was extended so that positions, occupancies, and distributions of the hydration sites were predicted around a B-DNA double helix by a method analogous to crystallographic refinement. The predicted hydration sites correctly reproduce the main features of hydration around the B-DNA dodecamer. In contrast to the previous observations, the newly available crystal data show the same extent of hydration of guanine and adenine, and of cytosine and thymine.
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